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Prof BV Moses Centre for Evidence Informed Healthcare & Heath Policy
  • Home
  • About us
    • Mission & Vision
    • Centre Staff
    • Advisory Group
    • Steering Group
    • Strategic Plan
    • BVMC Consultation Rates and Registration
  • Training
    • Workshops
    • Past Events
  • Our Projects
    • Centre for Cochrane – Cochrane South Asia
      • 22nd Cochrane Colloquium at Hyderabad
      • Cochrane Translations
        • Tamil
        • Kannada
        • Hindi
      • Podcast
    • SADCCT
    • Evidence Informed Healthcare modules
    • Prospective Registration of Clinical Trials
    • Protocol Development Workshop on ‘Study of Snake Envenomation Syndromes, Snake Species – Syndrome correlations and ASV dose finding for the Indian Sub-Continent’
    • Workshop on “Role of Medical Colleges in strengthening primary, secondary and tertiary care: Experience of CMC vellore”
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Publications

2017


K Suresh Kumar, Selvaraj Samuelkamaleshkumar, Anand Viswanathan, Ashish S Macaden. Cognitive rehabilitation for adults with traumatic brain injury to improve occupational outcomesDOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007935.pub22015


Storebø OJ, Ramstad E, Krogh HB, Nilausen TD, Skoog M, Holmskov M, et al. Methylphenidate for children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Nov 25;11:CD009885.

Welch V, Petticrew M, Petkovic J, Moher D, Waters E, White H, et al. Extending the PRISMA statement to equity-focused systematic reviews (PRISMA-E 2012): explanation and elaboration. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology [Internet]. [cited 2015 Dec 1]; Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895435615004205

Bhaumik S, Arora M, Singh A, Sargent JD. Impact of entertainment media smoking on adolescent smoking behaviours (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 6. Art. No.: CD011720. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011720.

Jaiswal N, Singh M, Thumburu KK, Agarwal A, Kaur H. Intradermal fractional dose vs intramuscular full dose of inactivated polio vaccine for prevention of poliomyelitis (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 6. Art. No.: CD011780. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011780.

Panebianco M, Marson AG. Rufinamide add-on therapy for refractory epilepsy (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 6. Art. No.: CD011772. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011772.

Kiran Kumar Krishanappa S, Prashanti E, Sumanth KN, Naresh S, Moe S, Aggarwal H, Mathew RJ. Interventions for treating oro-antral communications and fistula due to dental procedures (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD011784. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011784.

Mishra S, Cheema A, Agarwal R, Deorari A, Paul V. Oral zinc for the prevention of hyperbilirubinaemia in neonates. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD008432. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008432.pub2.

Bhaumik S, Kirubakaran R, Chaudhuri S. Primary closure versus delayed or no closure for traumatic wounds due to mammalian bite (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD011822. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011822.

Mathew PJ, Mathew JL. Early versus late removal of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) for general anaesthesia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD007082. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007082.pub2.

Prabhu RA, Nair S, Pai G, Reddy NP, Suvarna D. Interventions for dialysis patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD007003. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007003.pub2.

Jaiswal N, Singh M, Agarwal A, Thumburu KK. Drug treatments for breathlessness in end-stage cystic fibrosis (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD011855. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011855.

Sumanth KN, Prashanti E, Aggarwal H, Kumar P, Kiran Kumar Krishanappa S. Interventions for managing post-extraction bleeding (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD011930. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011930.

Sharma M, Singh T, Mathew A. Antiepileptic drugs for seizure control in people with neurocysticercosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD009027. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009027.pub2.2014


Sharma SK, Kadhiravan T, Tharyan P. Cochrane in context: Rifamycins compared to isoniazid for preventing tuberculosis in HIV-negative people at risk of active TB. Evid Based Child Health. 2014 Mar;9(1):295–7.

Madhuri V, Dutt V, Gahukamble AD, Tharyan P. Interventions for treating femoral shaft fractures in children and adolescents. Evid Based Child Health. 2014 Dec;9(4):753–826.

Madhuri V, Dutt V, Gahukamble AD, Tharyan P. Interventions for treating femoral shaft fractures in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014;7:CD009076.

George K, Kamath MS, Nair R, Tharyan P. Ovulation triggers in anovulatory women undergoing ovulation induction. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014;1:CD006900.

Bukirwa H, Unnikrishnan B, Kramer CV, Sinclair D, Nair S, Tharyan P. Artesunate plus pyronaridine for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014;3:CD006404.

Bose A, Kalita S, Rose W, Tharyan P. Intermittent versus daily therapy for treating tuberculosis in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014;1:CD007953.

Anand R, Prakash SS, Veeramanikandan R, Kirubakaran R. Association between apolipoprotein E genotype and cancer susceptibility: a meta-analysis. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2014 Jul;140(7):1075–85.

2013


George K, Kamath MS, Tharyan P. Minimally invasive versus open surgery for reversal of tubal sterilization. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013 Issue 2:CD009174. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009174.pub2.

Purgato M, Välimäki M, Whittington R, Clifton A, Coutinho ES, Huf G, Tharyan P, Adams CE. ‘Consent rituals’ in evaluation of coercive care. Evidence Based Mental Health. 2013;16(2):32-3. doi: 10.1136/eb-2012-101190. Epub 2013 Feb 20.

Madhuri V, Dutt V, Gahukamble AD, Tharyan P. Conservative interventions for treating diaphyseal fractures of the forearm bones in children. Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews. 2013;4:CD008775. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008775.pub2.

Wieland LS, Manheimer E, Sampson M, Barnabas JP, Bouter LM, Cho K, Lee MS, Li X, Liu J, Moher D, Okabe T, Pienaar ED, Shin BC, Tharyan P,  Tsutani K, van der Windt DA, Berman M. Bibliometric and Content Analysis of the Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field Specialized Register of Controlled Trials. Systematic Reviews 2013;2:51.

Sudarsanam TD, Tharyan P. The accuracy of the Xpert®MTB/RIF assay for detecting pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults:  Summary of the evidence and implications for public health programmes. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 2013; 1(2)53-84.

Sudarsanam TD, Tharyan P. Improving access to care for people with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection in low-and middle-income countries: Providing HIV treatment closer to patient’s homes compared to more centralised treatment. Summary of the evidence and implications for public health programmes. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 2013;1(2)87-93.

Tharyan P. Introducing conceptual and analytical clarity on dimensions of complexity in systematic reviews of complex interventions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2013; 66(11):1202-4.

Sudarsanam TD, Rupali P, Tharyan P, Abraham OC, Thomas K. Pre-admission antibiotics for suspected cases of meningococcal disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD005437. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005437.pub3.

Sharma SK, Sharma A, Kadhiravan T, Tharyan P. Rifamycins (rifampicin, rifabutin and rifapentine) compared to isoniazid for preventing tuberculosis in HIV-negative people at risk of active TB. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013;7:CD007545. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007545.pub2.

Su TT, Bulgiba AM, Sampatanukul P, Sastroasmoro S, Chang P, Tharyan P, Lin V, Wong YL. Clinical Epidemiology (CE) and Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) in the Asia Pacific region (Round Table Forum). Preventive Medicine. 2013;57 Suppl:S5-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.04.009. Epub 2013 Apr 24.

Galappaththy GN, Tharyan P, Kirubakaran R. Primaquine for preventing relapse in people with Plasmodium vivax malaria treated with chloroquine. Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews. 2013 Oct 26;10:CD004389. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004389.pub3.

Sudarsanam TD, Tharyan P. Evidence Summary. Rifampicin compared to isoniazid for preventing active TB in HIV-negative people at risk of developing active TB: Implications for public health. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 2013;1(3):1-9.

van Ginneken N, Tharyan P, Lewin S, Rao GN, Meera S, Pian J, Chandrashekar S, Patel V. Non-specialist health worker interventions for the care of mental, neurological and substance-abuse disorders in low- and middle-income countries. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Nov 19;11:CD009149. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009149.pub2.

2012


Tharyan P. “Criminals in the Citadel and Deceit All Along the Watchtower: Irresponsibility, Fraud, and Complicity in the Search for Scientific Truth.” Mens Sana Monographs 10, no. 1 (January 2012): 158–180.

Qadri F, Bhuiyan TR, Garner P, Tharyan P. The Cochrane Library and Evidence-Informed Healthcare in Bangladesh. Bulletin of the Bangladesh Medical Research Council 2012 (revised document submitted).

Tharyan P. Finding and using evidence that you can trust. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 2012;9(1):27-32.

Tharyan Prathap, Aneesh Thomas George, Richard Kirubakaran, and Jabez Paul Barnabas. “Reporting of Methods Was Better in the Clinical Trials Registry-India Than in Indian Journal Publications.” Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (March 27, 2012). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22459428.

Kallapiran GK, Mammen P, Tharyan P, Russell P. Atomoxetine for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue . Art. No.: CD009804. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009804 (in press).

Tharyan P. Good Psychiatric Practice: A primer for psychiatric trainees and professionals. Psychiatry in India: Training and Training Centers. Indian Journal of Psychiatry 2012 (supplement: in press).

2011


Tharyan P. Grade the evidence before using research results in clinical practice. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 2011; 8(1); 44-6.

Thomas N, Tharyan P. Soft Neurological Signs in Drug Free People with Schizophrenia with & without Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 2011; 23(1); 68-73.

van Ginneken N, Tharyan P, Lewin S, Rao GN, Romeo R, Patel V. Non-specialist health worker interventions for mental health care in low- and middle- income countries (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 5. Art. No.: CD009149. DOI: 0.1002/14651858.CD009149

Madhuri V, Gahukamble AD, Dutt V, Tharyan P. Interventions for treating femoral shaft fractures in children and adolescents (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD009076. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009076.

George K, Kamath MS, Tharyan P. Minimally invasive versus open surgery for reversal of tubal sterilization (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 6. Art. No.: CD009174. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009174.

Asokan GV, Asokan V, Fedorowicz Z, Tharyan P. Use of a Systems Approach and Evidence-Based One Health for Zoonoses Research. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2011, 4(2): 62-65.

Tharyan P. Can the evidence in evidence-based medicine be trusted? Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 2011; 8(4):201-7.

Rajkumar AP, Mohan TSP, Tharyan P. Lessons from the 2004 Asian tsunami: Epidemiological and nosological debates in the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder in non-Western post-disaster communities. International Journal of Social Psychiatry 2011. Oct 13. [Epub ahead of print] DOI: 10.1177/0020764011423468

Adhikary SD, Thiruvenkatarajan V, Babu KS, Tharyan P. The effects of anaesthetic agents on cortical mapping during neurosurgical procedures involving eloquent areas of the brain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 11. Art. No.:CD006679. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006679.pub2.

Sathyanarayana Rao, TS, Tharyan P. Editorial policies aimed at improving the validity and transparency of published research. Indian J Psychiatry. 2011; 53(3):183-6.

Asokan GV, Vanitha A, Tharyan P. One health national programme across species on zoonoses: a call to the developing world. Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, North America, 1, Oct. 2011. Available at: http://www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net/index.php/iee/article/view/8293 [Date accessed: 20 Dec. 2011]4

Adams, James S K, Renu Raju, Victor Solomon, Prasanna Samuel, Amit K Dutta, Jeyanth S Rose, and Prathap Tharyan. “Increasing Compliance with Protective Eyewear to Reduce Ocular Injuries in Stone-quarry Workers in Tamil Nadu, India: A Pragmatic, Cluster Randomised Trial of a Single Education Session Versus an Enhanced Education Package Delivered over Six Months.” Injury (November 8, 2011). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22075447.

Sen I, Agarwal S, Tharyan P. Lumbar sympathectomy versus prostanoids for critical limb ischaemia due to non-reconstructable peripheral arterial disease (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD009366. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009366.

2010


George AT, Tharyan P, Peter JV, Kirubakaran R, Barnabas JP. Interventions for preventing upper gastrointestinal bleeding in people admitted to intensive care units (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD008687. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008687.

Kenchaiah BK, Kumar S, Tharyan P. Atypical anti-psychotics in delusional parasitosis: a retrospective case series of 20 patients. International Journal of Dermatology 2010; 49(1):95-100.

Tharyan P. Don’t just do it, do it right. Evidence-informed healthcare and health policy. Ceylon Medical Journal 2010; 55: 1-4.

Kapoor AN, Tharyan P, Kant L, Balraj V, Shemilt I. Combined DTP-HBV vaccine versus separately administered DTP and HBV vaccines for primary prevention of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and hepatitis B. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 9. Art. No.: . DOI:

Tharyan P. Evidence of the people, by the people, and for the people [editorial]. The Cochrane Library 2010 (10 Nov). http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/details/editorial/876883/Evidence-of-the-people-by-the-people-and-for-the-people.html

Madhuri V, Gahukamble AD, Dutt V, Tharyan P. Conservative interventions for diaphyseal fractures of the forearm bones in children (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD008775. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008775

2009


homas N. Braganza D, Tharyan P. Memantine Reduces Craving for Alcohol in Alcohol Induced Dementia: A Case Report. Addictive Disorders and their treatment. 2009; 8: 50-4.

Sharma SK, Sharma A, Kadhiravan T, Tharyan P. Isoniazid monotherapy versus other monotherapies or combination chemotherapy for preventing active tuberculosis in HIV-negative persons (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD007545. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007545.

 Duley L, Tharyan P. O registro de ensaios clínicos como garantia do uso das evidências científicas nas decisões sobre cuidados de saúde [Ensuring health care decisions are informed by all of the evidence: the role of trial registration]. Cad Saúde Pública 2008; 24(12):2732-3.

 Mohan TS, Tharyan P, Alexander J, Raveendran NS. Effects of stimulus intensity on the efficacy and safety of twice-weekly, bilateral electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) combined with antipsychotics in acute mania: a randomised controlled trial. Bipolar Disorders. 2009;11(2):126-34.

 Pang T, Tharyan P. Evaluating the global ‘Evidence Footprint’: how can evidence better serve the needs of global public health? Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine 2009 Feb; 1 (2):41-46.

 Tharyan P. Prospective Registration of Clinical Trials in India: Strategies, Achievements & Challenges. Journal of Evidence Based Medicine 2009 Feb; 1 (2) 19-28.

 Singh JC, Tharyan P, Kekre NS, Singh G, Gopalakrishnan G. Prevalence and risk factors for female sexual dysfunction in women attending a medical clinic in south India. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine 2009; 55 (2): 113-120.

 Mohanan P, Kamath A. Family support for reducing morbidity and mortality in people with HIV/AIDS. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD006046. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006046.pub2

 Simha A, Braganza A, Abraham L, Samuel P, Lindsley K. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor for neovascular glaucoma (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD007920. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007920.

 K SK, Kumar SK, Macaden AS. Cognitive rehabilitation for occupational outcomes after traumatic brain injury (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD007935. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007935

 Bose A, Kalita S, Rose W, Tharyan P. Intermittent versus daily therapy for treating tuberculosis in children (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD007953. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007953.

 Kumar P, Chawla D, Deorari A. Light-emitting diode phototherapy for unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in neonates (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD007969. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007969.

 Davis F, Kumaran D S, Nair S, J V. Physical fitness training for people with spinal cord injury (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD007955. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007955.

 Koshy CG, Kesava SN, Sudarsanam TD. Primary stenting versus balloon angioplasty for stenotic and occlusive lesions of the iliac artery. (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD007561. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007561.

 Gogia S, Sachdev HS. Zinc supplementation for mental and motor development in children (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD007991. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007991.

 2008


Adams CE, Coutinho ES, Davis J, Duggan L, Leucht S, Li C, Tharyan P. Cochrane schizophrenia group. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2008;34(2):259-65.

 Sudarsanam T, Rupali P, Tharyan P, Abraham O, Thomas K. Pre-admission antibiotics for suspected cases of meningococcal disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Jan 23;(1):CD005437.

 Tharyan P, Premkumar TS, Mathew V, Barnabas JP, Manuelraj. Editorial policy and the reporting of randomized controlled trials: survey of instructions to authors and assessment of quality of randomised controlled trials in Indian Medical Journals (2004-2005). National Medical Journal of India 2008; 21:62-68.

Tharyan P. Ghersi D. Registering clinical trials in India: a scientific and ethical imperative. National Medical Journal of India. 2008; 21:31-34.

Rajkumar AP, Samson T, Tharyan P. Coping with the Asian tsunami: Perspectives from Tamil Nadu, India on the determinants of resilience in the face of adversity. Social Science and Medicine  2008 Sep;67(5):844-53. Epub 2008 Jun 16.

Tharyan P. Clinical Trial Registration in India: no longer a dream (Editorial). Tropical Gasteroenterology 2008;29:1-3.

Tharyan P. National bioethics conference. Indian J Med Ethics. 2008 Apr-Jun;5(2):97

George K, Nair R, Tharyan P. Ovulation triggers in anovulatory women undergoing ovulation induction. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD006900. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006900.pub2

 Clarke M, Tharyan P, Green S. How up-to-date are Cochrane reviews? Response from the Cochrane Collaboration [letter]. Lancet 2008; 371:384-385.

 Tharyan P. Tranquilising agitated mentally ill patients: intramuscular haloperidol plus promethazine reduces need for additional medication or medical attention compared to olanzapine. Evid Based Ment Health. 2008;11(3):87.

Rebecca J Syed Sheriff, Clive E Adams, Prathap Tharyan, Mahesh Jayaram, Lelia Duley and the PRACTIHC Mental Health Group. Randomised trials relevant to mental health conducted in low and middle-income countries: a survey. BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8:69. doi:10.1186/1471-244X-8-69

Samson T & Tharyan P. Effects of stimulus intensity on the efficacy of twice weekly bilateral ECT in acute manic states: a double blind randomised control trial. Journal of Bipolar Disorders (in press)

Grobler L, Siegfried N, Askie L,  Hooft L, Tharyan P, Antes G. Are national and multinational prospective trial registers necessary? The Lancet 2008; 372 (9645) 4: 1201-1202

George R, Jeba J, Ramkumar G, Chacko AG, Leng M, Tharyan P. Interventions for the treatment of metastatic extradural spinal cord compression in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4 Art. No.: CD006716. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006716.pub2.

Duley L, Tharyan P. O registro de ensaios clínicos como garantia do uso das evidências científicas nas decisões sobre cuidados de saúde [Ensuring health care decisions are informed by all of the evidence: the role of trial registration]. Cad Saúde Pública 2008; 24(12):2732-3.

Mathew JL, El Dib R, Mathew PJ, Boxall EH, Brok J. Hepatitis B immunisation in persons not previously exposed to hepatitis B or with unknown exposure status. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD006481. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006481.pub2.

Subramanian E, Ramaratnam S, Ranganathan LN. Gabapentin monotherapy for epilepsy. (Protocol) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD007120. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007120.

Prasad K, Singh MB. Corticosteroids for managing tuberculous meningitis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD002244. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002244.pub3.

Thaver D, Zaidi AKM, Critchley JA, Azmatullah A, Madni SA, Bhutta ZA. Fluoroquinolones for treating typhoid and paratyphoid fever (enteric fever). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD004530. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004530.pub3.

2007


Galappaththy GNL, Omari AAA, Tharyan P. Primaquine for preventing relapses in people with Plasmodium vivax malaria. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD004389. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004389.pub2.

Tharyan P. ECT for depressed elderly: what is the evidence and is the evidence enough? International Psychogeriatrics 2007; 19: 19-23.

Tharyan P, Adhikar SD. Randomized controlled clinical trials: critical issues. Journal of Anaesthesia and Clinical Pharmacology  2007; 23(3): 231-240.

Tharyan P. Evaluating Systematic Reviews in Urology: a practical guide. Indian Journal of Urology July 2007;23: 224-233.

Tharyan P. Free access to the Cochrane library for everyone in India. Indian Journal of Surgery 2007; 69:37-37.

Tharyan P. Access to the Cochrane library for everyone in India. National Medical Journal of India 2007; 20 (1): 49.
Kurien M, Thomas K, Ahuja RC, Patel A, Shyla PR, Wig N, Mangalani M, Sathyanathan, Kasthuri A, Vyas B, Brojen A, Sudarsanam TD, Chaturvedi A,

Abraham OC, Tharyan P, Selvaraj KG, Mathew J; IndiaCLEN HIV Screening Study Group.  Screening for HIV infection by health professionals in India. National Medical Journal of India. 2007 Mar-Apr;20(2):59-66.

Tharyan P, Tharyan A, Bhattacharji S. Exorcising the devil: Partnerships between faith communities and mental health services. British Journal of Psychiatry  2007 http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/eletters/191/2/97

Raveendran NS, Tharyan P, Alexander J, Adams CE and the TREC-India II Collaborative Group. Rapid tranquilization of violent or agitated people in psychiatric emergency settings: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of intramuscular olanzepine versus intramuscular haloperidol plus promethazine. BMJ 2007 Oct 27;335(7625):865-72. Epub 2007 Oct 22.

Adhikary SD, Babu SK, Tharyan P, Venkatesan T. The effects of general anaesthetic agents on cortical mapping during neurosurgical procedures involving eloquent areas of the brain. (Protocol) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD006679. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006679.

Tharyan P. Ethics Committees and clinical trials registration in India: opportunities, obligations, challenges and solutions. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics  2007; 4: 168-69.

Allen C, Clarke M, Tharyan P. International Activity in The Cochrane Collaboration with particular reference to India.  National Medical Journal of India 2007; 20: 250-255.

M Singh. Heated, humidified air for the common cold. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD001728.pub3. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001728.pub3.

Tharyan P. ECT for depressed elderly: what is the evidence and is the evidence enough? International Psychogeriatrics2007; 19: 19-23.

Ranganathan LN, Ramaratnam S. Zonisamide monotherapy for epilepsy. (Protocol) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD006789. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006789.

2006


Tharyan P & Goplakrishan G. Erectile dysfunction.BMJ Clinical Evidence 2006; 15:1227–1251

Tharyan P & Braganza D. Mental  Health as a Key Issue in the future of global health developments International Review of Mission  2006; 95: 376/377

Premkumar A, Tharyan P, Jebaraj P, Braganza D. Risperidone, ziprasidone, valproate, trihexphenydil and clonazepam overdose with benign outcome. Journal of Association of Physicians of India  2006 (in press)

Tharyan P. The WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform and the Indian Clinical Trials Register. National Medical Journal of India 2006; 19: 161-164.

Tharyan P. The placebo controlled trial in psychiatry on trial. Indian Journal ofMedical Ethics 2006; 3: 13-17.

Tharyan P. Disclose or perish; time for a sequel to the ICMJE statement. TheLancet  2006 (http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606687096/comments?action=view&totalComments=1#532)

Ofori-Adjei D, Antes G, Tharyan P, Slade E, Tamber PS. Have online international medical journals made local journals obsolete? PLoS Med 2006; 3(8): e359. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030359.

Tharyan P. Evidence based guidelines: the case of ECT for people with schizophrenia. Journal of the Pakistan Psychiatric Society 2006; 3: 3-5.

Adams CE, Tharyan P, Coutinho E, Stroup S. The schizophrenia drug-treatment paradox: pharmacological treatment based on best possible evidence may be hardest to practise in high-income countries. British Journal of Psychiatry 2006; 189: 391-392.

Syed Sheriff RJ, Jayaram M, Tharyan P, Duley L, Adams CE.  Randomised trials relevant to mental health conducted in low and middle-income countries: protocol for a survey of studies published in 1991, 1995 and 2000 and assessment of their relevance. BMC Psychiatry 2006, 6:40 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-6-40.

Tharyan P, Jebaraj P. Systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials and evidence informed palliative care. Indian Journal of Palliative Care 2006;12:39-41

K Prabhash, VR Pai, PM Parikh, A Vora. Postoperative chemoradiation for head and neck cancers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD006159. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006159.

Tharyan P. Whose trial is it anyway? Reflections on morality, double standards, uncertainty and criticism in international collaborative health research.  Monash Bioethics Review, 2006; 24:53-68.

2005


Farooq S, Tharyan P, Adams C. The relevance of systematic reviews and the Cochrane Collaboration to effective health care in South Asia. Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan. 2005;15: 127-128.

Tharyan  P. Aftermath of the tsunami on Black Sunday (December 26th 2004). Journal of Emergency PrimaryHealth Care 2005 [cited 2005 April 26];3(1-2). Available at http://www.jephc.com/full_article.cfm?content_id=194.

Tharyan P & Adams CE. Electroconvulsive Therapy for Schizophrenia.The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD000076.pub2. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000076.pub2http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD000076/frame.html

T Sudarsanam, K Thomas, P Rupalli, OC Abraham, P Tharyan. Pre-admission antibiotics for suspected cases of meningococcal disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD005437. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005437.http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/ CD005437/frame.html

Tharyan P The Cochrane Schizophrenia Group: Preparing, maintaining And disseminating the evidence for interventions used for people with schizophrenia. International Review of Psychiatry 2005 7(02): 1–7

Tharyan P, Clarke M, Green S. How the Cochrane Collaboration is responding to the Asian tsunami. PLoS Med 2005 2(6): e169.
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020169

Tharyan P. The many faces of depression in adults. Current Medical Issues 2005; 7 (5) 7.

Tharyan P. Traumaticbereavement after the Asian tsunami: perspectives from Tamil Nadu, India. Bereavement Care 2005; 24: 23-26.

Alexander J, Tharyan P, Adams C, John T, Mol C, Philip J. Drug combinations for rapid tranquillization: authors reply. British Journal of Psychiatry 2005: 187: 192-193.

Alexander J, Tharyan P. Limitations of rapid tranquillisation trial: authors’ reply. British Journal of Psychiatry 2005; 187: 193-194.

Kurien S, Tharyan P, Jacob KS. Combination of ECT and Clozapine in drug resistant schizophrenia. Indian Journal of Psychiatry 2005;47:245

Thatcher N, Chang A,  Parikh P, Rodrigues Pereira J, Ciuleanu T, von Pawel J, et al.  Gefitinib plus best supportive care in previously treated patients with refractory advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: results from a randomised, placebo-controlled, multicentre study (Iressa Survival Evaluation in Lung Cancer). Lancet. 2005;366(9496):1527-37.

2004


van de Beek D, de Gans J, McIntyre P, Prasad K. Steroids in adults with acute bacterial meningitis: a systematic review. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2004 Mar;4:139-43.

Critchley, P Garner, S Hahn, B Mayosi, H Mwandumba, L Orton, K Prasad, J Volmink. Adjunctive steroid therapy for managing tuberculosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2004, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD004915. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004915 http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD004915/frame.html

K Prasad, T Singhal, N Jain, PK Gupta. Third generation cephalosporins versus conventional antibiotics for treating acute bacterial meningitis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2004, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD001832.pub2. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001832.pub2. http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD001832/frame.html

K Prasad, K Al-Roomi, PR Krishnan, R Sequeira. Anticonvulsant therapy for status epilepticus. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD003723.pub2. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003723.pub2.

S Ramaratnam, GA Baker, LH Goldstein. Psychological treatments for epilepsy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD002029.pub2. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002029.pub2

Marson A, Ramaratnam S. Epilepsy. Clin Evid. 2005; 14:1576-97.

2003


G Ryan, S Mukhopadhyay, M Singh. Nebulised anti-pseudomonal antibiotics for cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD001021. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001021. http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/ articles/CD001021/frame.html

Tharyan P. & Adams CE.  Electroconvulsive therapy for schizophrenia(Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 1, 2003. Oxford: Update Software.

2002


M Singh, A Bara, P Gibson. Humidity control for chronic asthma. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD003563. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003563. http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/ articles/CD003563/frame.html

S Ramaratnam, K Sridharan. Yoga for epilepsy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD001524. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001524 

 M Singh, CH Spooner, BH Rowe. Humidification of inspired air in exercise-induced asthma. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD003569. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003569.